Sum Lee

Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington, United States of America

Sum P Lee MD

Academic positions:
- Head of the Division of Gastroenterology
- Professor of Medicine
- Head of the Gastroenterology Section at the VA Medical Center

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Laboratory studies
- Pathophysiology of biliary tract disorders
- Examining biliary lipids using biochemical and biophysical techniques
- Pathophysiology of biliary epithelial cells using cell culture systems

Any other information:
Professor Lee is a member of many professional review and editorial boards and councils, and has received many honours and awards for outstanding research and work. He is also the author of over 150 publications, many book chapters and reviews, and 32 editorials.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Gastroenterology & Hepatology > Biliary Tract (since 16 November 2005)

Sum Lee is a Section Head for Biliary Tract, part of the GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.